Jazz Articles about John Coltrane

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John Taylor's Jazz Caricatures: John Coltrane

by John Taylor
February 15, 2008

John Coltrane About John Taylor For me, art and music flow into a creative confluence. Encouraged by my family to draw and play the drums at an early age, I continue to find expression in these art forms.Motivation for a career in art and music developed in the 1960's as I observed theme park caricaturists at work and listened to recordings of the inimitable Buddy Rich. Gifted editorial caricaturist, David Levine, ...

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Two Ways of Bookending John Coltrane

by Norman Weinstein
January 23, 2008

Reviewing a massive reference volume about saxophonist John Coltrane alongside a jazz journalist's personal overview of Coltrane and his legacy might at first seem like comparing an apple with an orange--but bear with me. This is really like comparing an apple painted by Cezanne with a lemon painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Arcimboldo was a 16th century Italian painter with the skill to paint a glowing lemon as a grotesquely dissociated ghost of itself. In Coltrane: The Story Of A Sound, ...

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John Coltrane: My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 12, 2007

Tornano, ghiottamente appaiate in un solo disco, due celebri apparizioni del quartetto di John Coltrane al Festival di Newport, la prima nel 1963 - era in Newport '63 - e la seconda due anni più tardi - era in New Thing at Newport. Si tratta di lavori sui quali è già stato detto molto, la cui relativamente breve distanza temporale contiene in realtà evoluzioni espressive di portata detonante - da A Love Supreme a Ascension, registrata appena prima del secondo ...

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John Coltrane: Live in '60, '61 & '65

by Jim Santella
November 6, 2007

John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65 Jazz Icons 2007

Filmed in black & white for television, these three European sessions, featuring saxophonist John Coltrane in his prime as leader, run approximately 30 minutes each. One of the most seminal improvisers in jazz, he's represented well here with powerful sound and clear videography.

In Düsseldorf, West Germany, Coltrane delivers five tracks with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy ...

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Coltrane: The Story of a Sound

by Joel Roberts
November 4, 2007

Coltrane: the Story of a Sound Ben Ratliff Hardcover; 250 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-374-12606-3 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007

New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff's new John Coltrane study is really two books in one. The first is a concise, convincing assessment of the evolution of Coltrane's music from his early days as a not particularly distinctive bebop saxophonist through his apprenticeships with Miles and Monk to his seminal achievement ...

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Coltrane: Mating Call, Traneing In, Soul Trane & My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport

by Christopher Shoe
September 8, 2007

Tadd Dameron Mating Call Prestige-Concord 2007 John Coltrane Traneing In Prestige-Concord 2007 John Coltrane Soultrane Prestige-Concord 2007 John Coltrane My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport Impulse-Verve 2007

Jazz, in some respects, is an intricate recipe ...

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John Coltrane: My Favorite Things: Coltrane Live At Newport

by Chris May
August 16, 2007

Complete recordings of saxophonist John Coltrane's 1963 and 1965 Newport Festival appearances, most of the material on My Favorite Things: Coltrane Live At Newport has been available before. Most, but crucially, not all--the disc includes some eight minutes of previously unreleased music. When you're talking about the incandescent Coltrane quartet of the mid 1960s, that's a serious chunk of time, more like eight light years to hardcore enthusiasts.

The new material forms what is now the ...